The Award

Orange Blossom Half Marathon & 5K
6" x 6" Orange Blossom award tile
hand painted by local artist
Donna Dewberry

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Race Information

Online registration for the Orange Blossom Half Marathon & 5K
is now closed.

You can still sign up in person at:
Friday: 4:00PM - 7:00PM, CrossTrain Clermont, located at
16215 State Road 50, Suite 304, Clermont)

Saturday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM, Wooton Park

Sunday: 6:00AM - 7:15AM, Wooton Park

When:
Sunday, March 3, 2013

Starting Time:
7:30AM

Where: Wooton Park (200 East Ruby Street), Tavares, FL

Distances: Half Marathon (13.1 miles) and 5K (3.1 miles) Run

Courses: Course Map
5K Run - Out and back course on Lake Dora Drive

13.1 mile Half Marathon - The course starts with a 5K loop followed by a 5 mile out and back course along Lakeshore Drive from Tavares to Mount Dora.

While most people will jog or run the course they are participating in, this is YOUR race, and if you feel like walking either distance that is ok. Approx 3 hours after the start, local law enforcement will stop blocking off the traffic lane, at that point, you will need to walk on the sidewalk. We do a sweep of the course to make sure everyone is done prior to dismantling the finish structure and rolling up the timing mats.

Awards: Special commemorative awards for the top three overall, top masters, and top three in each age division for both the 5K and Half Marathon.

Amenities: Chip timing, colorful T-shirt, Finisher Medal, Accurately measured and well monitored course, Post Race Food. Registering by February 21st ensures proper t-shirt size.

Entry Fees:
5K:
By 12/31/2012: $20.00
By 02/24/2013: $25.00
Race Week: $30.00 (Includes Friday and Saturday)
Race Day: $35.00 (Race Day is check or cash only).

HM:
By 12/31/2012: $45.00
By 02/24/2013: $60.00
Race Week: $70.00 (Includes Friday and Saturday)
Race Day: $80.00 (Race Day is check or cash only).
(Online Registration Closes on Feb 24th)

Packet Pick-up:
Friday: 4:00PM - 7:00PM, CrossTrain Clermont, 16215 State Road 50, Suite 304, Clermont)
Saturday: 10:00AM - 4:00PM, Wooton Park
Sunday: 6:00AM - 7:15AM, Wooton Park

Event News

Course Map:
Here's the link to the 2013 course map.

Parking:
In google maps, please type in either:
200 South Rockingham Ave or 200 East Ruby (either address will bring you to the same point in Tavares, FL.)
You will see O'Keefe's Irish Pub, with a parking lot across Rockingham. You can park in that parking lot.
If that lot is full, you can park any where along Main Street.

Regardless of which address you use, you will not be able to miss Wooton Park once you have arrived.

The Name Behind the Event:
Not too long ago, Central Florida, and more importantly, Lake County, had a very large citrus industry. Behind tourism, yes, even before the theme parks Central Florida catered to tourists, citrus was king. Most of Lake County was covered groves until the devastating freezes in the mid 1980's. Every piece of citrus begins as a blossom, with oranges being among the most fragrant and currently filling the air. Take a deep breath and enjoy the scent.